JOYCE MEYER DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2022 (GOD WANTS TO TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL)
TOPIC: GOD WANTS TO TAKE YOU TO A NEW LEVEL
SCRIPTURE: Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) he will increase in learning. Proverbs 9:9 (AMPC)
MESSAGE
Even though God wants us to live joyful, contended lives, He sometimes causes a discontent or a feeling that something is not right because He does not want us to continue doing the same old things anymore. He wants to prod us to seek Him so He can take us to new levels.
God always wants us to grow stronger, to go deeper, and to increase in intimacy with Him. Most of the time, He leads us into that process of maturity by leading us out of places where we have been comfortable in the past. Too much comfort for too long can mean that we are not growing. If you feel something stirring in your heart that you don’t quite understand, just ask God what is happening and take time to wait on Him to answer.
Our time with God is vitally important to our growth and maturity, but we cannot do the same things all the time and experience all that God for us. I have had times when reading the Bible became laborious and God simply led me to read a different translation for a few months. Just that little change brought new growth because I saw things in a different way. Satan tried to condemn me because I did not want to read the Bible, but God was just trying to get me to make a change in the translation I was reading.
One day I felt a bit bored as I tried to read and pray so I moved to another chair in my office and suddenly I saw things that had been in my office for years, but I had not noticed them. A little adjustment caused me to see things from a whole new perspective and God taught me a spiritual lesson just because I sat in a different chair.
Prayer of the Day: Father, I want to go deeper in my walk with You. Please help me act on my faith, draw even closer to You, and take action so that my faith is ever increasing, amen.
